2014 RC44 Championship Tour trophy – Video highlightsBy Jessica Gray, ,
2:18 PM Mon 24 Nov 2014
The 10 competing teams at the RC44 Oman Cup enjoyed a great sailing day on the Gulf of Oman for the penultimate day of the 2014 Championship Tour. Terry Hutchinson continued to guide Vladimir Prosihkin’s Team Nika the right way around the course, extending their lead in the overall standings, adding another race win to their scoreline, Team Aqua stay second with Charisma hanging onto third. ...[more]

RC44 Oman Cup - Nika wins and Team Aqua clinch their fourth RC44 titleBy RC44 Class Association, ,
3:36 AM Mon 24 Nov 2014
With no team able to discard the last event of the season, the podium positions were by no means secure as last day of racing got underway at the RC44 Oman Cup, in a sedate seven-knot breeze. Going into the final day Vladimir Prosikhin’s Team Nika, with tactician Terry Hutchinson calling the shots, sat at the top of the leader board having shown an unmatched level of consistency in Muscat. ...[more]

RC44 Championship Tour - A great sailing day on the Gulf of OmanBy RC44 Class Association, ,
5:06 AM Sun 23 Nov 2014
At the RC44 Oman Cup the 10 competing teams enjoyed a great sailing day on the Gulf of Oman for the penultimate day of the 2014 Championship Tour. Racing started in a seven-knot north-westerly breeze which built steadily throughout the day. ...[more]

2014 RC44 Oman Cup - Challenging day + VideosBy Jessica Gray, ,
5:43 PM Sat 22 Nov 2014
2014 RC44 Oman Cup - Consistency was hard to come by and no team managed to stay in the top half of the fleet in all three races. Chris Bake’s Team Aqua (GBR) was the most consistent team of the day picking up 11-points, Nika and Charisma both added 12-points to their overall score. ...[more]

RC44 Oman Cup - Consistency hard to come byBy RC44 Class Association, ,
3:36 AM Sat 22 Nov 2014
The Oman RC44 Cup delivered another challenging sailing day for the fleet competing in the final event of the 2014 Championship Tour. Consistency was hard to come by and no team managed to stay in the top half of the fleet in all three races. Team Aqua was the most consistent team of the day picking up 11-points, Nika and Charisma both added 12-points to their overall score. ...[more]

RC44 Oman Cup - Team Nika gets a taste for the podium + VideoBy RC44 Class Association, ,
3:12 AM Fri 21 Nov 2014
After finishing third in the annual RC44 match race championships, Team Nika seem to have got a taste for the podium. It was a tough day on the water for the start of fleet racing at the RC44 Oman Cup, with many teams struggling for consistency. ...[more]

RC44 Oman Cup - Synergy crowned RC44 Match Race ChampionsBy RC44 Class Association, ,
4:09 AM Thu 20 Nov 2014
The RC44 Oman Cup opened with the season’s final day of match racing. Defending champions Team Aqua held a slim one-point lead over Synergy Russian Sailing Team who were fighting for the trophy they last won in 2012. Vladimir Prosikhin’s Team Nika started the day in third, with Hugues Lepic just two-points adrift in fourth and keen to get the French flag onto the podium. ...[more]

RC44 Puerto Sotogrande Cup - Kinky and quite difficult conditionsBy Jessica Gray, ,
6:29 AM Sun 29 Jun 2014
At the RC44 Puerto Sotogrande Cup, Principal Race Officer Peter Reggio and his race management team made up for yesterday’s single race by successfully holding four on the penultimate day. Racing was held in conditions which Nico Poons, skipper of Charisma, described as: 'Quite kinky! Quite difficult with the shifts.' ...[more]

RC44 Puerto Sotogrande Cup - Day 3By RC44 Class Association, ,
5:53 PM Sat 28 Jun 2014
After two days of strong winds, conditions turned light with a change of wind direction into the northeast for day three of RC44 Puerto Sotogrande Cup ...[more]

RC44 Puerto Sotogrande Cup - Challenging conditions on day 3By Jessica Gray, ,
3:14 AM Sat 28 Jun 2014
For day three of the RC44 Puerto Sotogrande Cup, the Mediterranean laid on different conditions to the first two days. While the sun remained, there was initially no wind and when it did fill in, it was blowing down the coast, from the northeast, rather than the westerly offshore breeze of the first two days. ...[more]

RC44 Puerto Sotogrande Cup - Tacticians have their work cut outBy Jessica Gray, ,
4:42 AM Fri 27 Jun 2014
For the opening fleet races at the RC44 Puerto Sotogrande Cup, there was another day of the same great conditions, with Mediterranean sun and wind in abundant supply, but once again an awkward offshore breeze was blowing. With wind shifts often as large as 50 degrees, the tacticians had their work cut out for them. ...[more]

RC44 Puerto Sotogrande - Team Aqua claims match racing lead + videoBy Jessica Gray, ,
7:19 AM Thu 26 Jun 2014
Sotogrande, the new Spanish venue for the 2014 RC44 Championship Tour, laid on idyllic conditions with flat water and breeze gusting at times to 20+ knots, for the match racing on the opening day of the RC44 Puerto Sotogrande Cup. New faces also appeared in the results today with Bronenosec the top scoring boat, unbeaten in all five matches. ...[more]

RC44 Championship Tour - Fleet gear up to battle on Andalucian coastBy Jessica Gray, ,
1:53 AM Tue 24 Jun 2014
Competition in the RC44 fleet gears up this week for the RC44 Puerto Sotogrande Cup, taking place close to Gibraltar on Spain’s Andalucian coast. Since the last event in Cascais, John Bassadone’s Peninsula Petroleum has taken the lead in the rolling RC44 ChampionshipTour from Team Aqua, and with it the coveted ‘golden wheels’. ...[more]

RC44 Cascais Cup - Change of leader going into Final DayBy RC44 Class Association, ,
4:34 PM Sun 27 Apr 2014
At the RC44 Cascais Cup newcomers are causing a mix-up in the fleet, including a change of leader going into the final day of racing at the RC44 Cascais Cup. ...[more]

RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup 2014 – Stunning day of Caribbean racing + VideoBy RC44 Class Association, ,
8:42 PM Sun 16 Feb 2014
The RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup penultimate day of racing didn’t see a change at the top of the overall leaderboard, Team Aqua were the most consistent performer of the day, moving them up from fourth to second, putting them in touch with leaders Peninsula Petroleum. ...[more]

RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup - Peninsula Petroleum emerges as early leaderBy Jo Grindley, ,
9:44 AM Fri 14 Feb 2014
At the RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup, as the fleet racing got underway, it was another perfect Caribbean sailing day for the fleet. 12-17 knots from the east and flat water, allowed the race committee to lay a 1.1 mile course along the North Sound, and slot in four races. ...[more]

RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup - Perfect match race conditions on Day 1By Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, ,
9:30 PM Thu 13 Feb 2014
RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup - A steady 11-14 knot easterly breeze and flat water allowed the race committee to complete all nine flights inside the confines of Virgin Gorda's North Sound. Penalties flew and a few collisions meant it was an exciting day for both the sailors and the umpires alike at the event hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda. ...[more]

RC44 Championship Tour - Perfect day at the RC44 Virgin Gorda CupBy RC44 Class Association, ,
2:17 PM Thu 13 Feb 2014
RC44 Championship Tour - Virgin Gorda served up perfect match race conditions for the first day of the 2014 RC44 Championship Tour. A steady 11-14 knot easterly breeze and flat water allowed the race committee to complete all nine flights inside the confines of Virgin Gorda’s beautiful North Sound. Penalties flew and a few collisions meant it was an exciting day for both the sailors and the umpire ...[more]

RC44 Championship Tour kicks off with the Virgin Gorda CupBy Jo Grindley, ,
8:45 AM Tue 11 Feb 2014
The RC44 fleet will be welcomed by the turquoise waters of Virgin Gorda, for the opening event of the 2014 season from 12-16 February; nine teams out of the fourteen strong fleet will compete at the opening Championship Tour event. ...[more]

RC44 Championship Tour - Italian team to join the actionBy Jo Grindley, ,
5:25 AM Tue 28 Jan 2014
With only a few weeks to go until the opening event of the 2014 RC44 Championship Tour, where the fleet will make their Caribbean debut at the RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup, British Virgin Islands, 12- 16 February, a new Italian team have confirmed their entry into the Tour for the 2014 season. ...[more]